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Ron is a co-founder and President of Leisure Vision. Ron has over 25 years consulting, market research, and consulting experience, including fifteen (15) years as a project manager, in a wide range of parks, recreation, sports, fitness, health, and general governmental projects. Projects that Ron has conducted surveys for have resulted in over $800 million in funded projects.

Ron has worked on over 450 parks and recreation needs assessments, master plans, strategic plans, and feasibility studies for trails and greenway systems, community centers, family aquatic centers, sports complexes, trails, museums, and other specialized facilities. He has extensive highly successful experience assisting communities with projects leading to sales tax and other tax referendums

Ron has extensive experience formulating and creating public involvement processes leading to consensus solutions. He has facilitated more than 200 stakeholder interviews focus groups, and public forums. He has been involved in successful public private partnership projects to develop performance halls, baseball complexes, zoo exhibits, railroad museums, historic homes, tennis facilities, soccer complexes, and other important community projects. Ron is very skilled in the development of public foundations and board development for these foundations. He has conducted numerous fund-raising assessments for public and non-profit facilities.

Ron began his career as a National Parks and Recreation Association Intern for the Champaign Park District, Champaign, Illinois. He served as the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent of Recreation for Topeka, Kansas; as well as the City ’ s first Director of Parks and Recreation. As the first professional Director of Parks and Recreation for Topeka, Ron was responsible for management of 6 previously independent divisions, including parks, recreation, golf course, municipal zoo, municipal auditorium, and concessions operations. Ron also served as the Acting Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Topeka. His unique background in both the public and private sectors is of particular value to clients.

Arlington County, Virginia; Columbia, Missouri; Columbus, Ohio; Elk Grove, Illinois; Mundelein, Illinois; Naperville, Illinois; Deerfield, Illinois State of Rhode Island; DeKalb County, Georgia; Florence, Alabama; Joplin, Missouri; Bloomington, Indiana; Mid-America Regional Council, KC Metro; Lawrence, Kansas; Mesa, Arizona; Peoria, Arizona; New Haven, Connecticut; Woodlands, Texas; Norfolk, Virginia; Olathe, Kansas; O ’ Fallon, Missouri; Denver, Colorado; St. Charles County, MO; St. Louis County, Missouri; Tempe, Arizona; Peoria, Arizona; Windsor, CO; Greenville County, SC; Wentzville, MO; Macomb, Michigan; Key Biscayne, Florida; Northville, Michigan; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Aberdeen, South Dakota

Consulting and Surveys for Feasibility Studies (community centers, aquatic facilities, sport complexes, cultural facilities) Aurora, Colorado; Casper, Wyoming; Columbia, Missouri; Jackson County, Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri; Kirkwood, Missouri; Maryville, Missouri; Poplar Bluff, Missouri; Provo, Utah; Rock Island, Illinois; Rolla, Missouri; Warrensburg, Missouri; Lucas County, Ohio; South Burlington, Vermont; Chanute, Kansas; Victor, NY; Moon Township, PA; Radnor, PA; Portland, OR

Missouri Parks and Recreation Association; National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association; Railroad Days, Topeka, KS; Sunflower Soccer Association, Topeka, KS; Railroad Days, Topeka, KS; Wisconsin Parks and Recreation Association; Women’s Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri; Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City, Iowa; Performing Arts Center, Topeka, Kansas; Price Towers Art Center; Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Railroad Days; Topeka, KS